Buttermere valley sprawls two thousand feet below as sheer cliff edges contrast with the carpeted green and brown slopes, which roll into the Lake District waters below. The only reason I was ...

Via Ferrata, Cumbria. We like a spot of hiking, and are happy to scramble up a steep slope now and then. But there is no better adrenalin rush in the Lakes than ascending Honister’s Via Ferrata ...

Via Ferrata Xtreme at Honister Slate Mine (01768 777230; honister-slate-mine.co.uk) costs £39.50 per adult, £29.50 per child, and £135 for a family of two adults and two children.

The Via Ferrata - Italian for iron road - opened in 2007. The offending section of the route, which features a zip wire, was opened late last year but will now have to close.

On via ferratas, climbers use permanently-installed iron rungs and cables to ascend soaring cliffs without the need to carry heavy rock climbing gear. Want to try one? Here's what you need to know.

Young Brits are swapping their exotic gap year destinations for places closer to home, as concerns about taking a year of out of their career and… ...

The Via Ferrata - Italian for iron road - opened in 2007. The offending section of the route, which features a zip wire, was opened late last year but will now have to close.

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The owners of a Lake District tourist attraction have been ordered to pay almost £30,000 for illegally fitting an extension to the facility. Natural England said Honister Slate Mine's addition to ...